Release Notes

Analyzer Update January 2020

 Release Notes

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 Release Notes

Contents
In This Version ...................................................................................................................................... 4
Technology Improvements.............................................................................................................. 5
5G-NR support ............................................................................................................................................... 5

New collection device or technology support ........................................................................... 7

Infovista TEMS support .................................................................................................................................. 7
Qualcomm QXDM / chipset support....................................................................................................... 10
Rohde & Schwarz ROMES4 RSCMD support ........................................................................................... 12
Rohde & Schwarz QualiPoc/Smart Benchmarker MF support ............................................................ 14
Solutelia WINd Pro support ........................................................................................................................ 14
General ......................................................................................................................................................... 14

Application Layer Improvements .................................................................................................15

Platform Improvements ..................................................................................................................16
User Defined Scanner Streams .................................................................................................................. 16

Documentation Changes .............................................................................................................17

Limitations, Known Issues and Obsolescence ...........................................................................18
End of Life announcements ...................................................................................................................... 18
End of Life of Windows 7 support ............................................................................................................. 18

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In This Version
This release contains support for new and updated file formats. There are updates for
most technologies that Analyzer supports, with changes falling under the following
categories:

• Technology improvements:
o Initial support for Samsung Exynos chipset devices collected with TEMS
Investigation, supporting 19 messages and common radio parameters.
o Added support for per PCI and per NR-ARFCN attribute groups for UE and
scanner measurements.
o Added initial support for Samsung Exynos chipset 5G NR devices, collected
with Infovista TEMS Investigation and TEMS Pocket.

• New collections of devices and improvements:

o Support added for TEMS RR API 21.2.3 supporting TEMS Investigation
21.2.2, TEMS Pocket 21.2.2, TEMS Paragon 3.2.

o Qualcomm RLC throughput improvements, and 7 log code improvements.

o Support for ROMES4 SQC containers, and for new scanner messages in
both ROMES4 and QualiPoc v19.2.
o Support for NR TopN Scan messages in Solutelia WINd Pro.

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Technology Improvements

5G-NR support
• Added an initial phase of support for Samsung Exynos 5G NR chipset, collected
with TEMS Investigation and TEMS Pocket, with 19 messages supported, and
initial attributes set for UE NR-RRC signaling, PCI, Beam ID, NR-ARFCN, RSRP,
RSRQ, RSSI, SINR, RACH events, RI, CSI-WB, Num RBs (UL), Tx Power,
L1/MAC/RLC/PDCP Throughput.

• Added support for the following devices in TEMS Investigation, TEMS Pocket and
TEMS Paragon:
o OnePlus 7 Pro NR (GM1920 ODM+)
o Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ 5G (SM-N9760 ODM+)

• New attributes have been introduced this month to group NR measurements by

PCI and by NR-ARFCN, supporting both UE and scanner measurements.
o UE measurements have been broken down per PCI inside the Downlink
Measurements group, for Qualcomm-based UEs, currently setting these
attributes at the Serving Cell Beam Management message:
o NR_UE_NRARFCN_*_RSRP_for_PCI_*
o NR_UE_NRARFCN_*_RSRQ_for_PCI_*
o NR_UE_NRARFCN_*_SINR_for_PCI_*
o Scanner measurements have been broken down per PCI inside the NR Cell
Measurements group, common to all scanners:
o NR_Scan_NRARFCN_*_RSRP_for_PCI_*
o NR_Scan_NRARFCN_*_RSRQ_for_PCI_*
o NR_Scan_NRARFCN_*_PSRP_for_PCI_*
o NR_Scan_NRARFCN_*_PSRQ_for_PCI_*
o NR_Scan_NRARFCN_*_SSRP_for_PCI_*
o NR_Scan_NRARFCN_*_SSRQ_for_PCI_*
o NR_Scan_NRARFCN_*_BTSID_for_PCI_*
o NR_Scan_NRARFCN_*_PBCH_RSRP_for_PCI_*
o NR_Scan_NRARFCN_*_PBCH_RSRQ_for_PCI_*
o NR_Scan_NRARFCN_*_PBCH_CINR_for_PCI_*
o NR_Scan_NRARFCN_*_PS_SINR_for_PCI_*
o NR_Scan_NRARFCN_*_SS_SINR_for_PCI_*
o NR_Scan_NRARFCN_*_SSB_RSRP_for_PCI_*
o NR_Scan_NRARFCN_*_SSB_RSRQ_for_PCI_*
o NR_Scan_NRARFCN_*_SSB_SINR_for_PCI_*
o NR_Scan_NRARFCN_*_SSB_CINR_for_PCI_*

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 o NR_Scan_NRARFCN_*_PSCH_CINR_for_PCI_*
o NR_Scan_NRARFCN_*_PSCH_RSSI_for_PCI_*
o NR_Scan_NRARFCN_*_SCH_SINR_for_PCI_*
o NR_Scan_NRARFCN_*_SSCH_CINR_for_PCI_*
o NR_Scan_NRARFCN_*_RS_CINR_for_PCI_*
o NR_Scan_NRARFCN_*_SubCarrierSpacing_for_PCI_*
o Scanner measurements have been broken down per NR-ARFCN inside the
Cell TopN for RSRP for NRARFCN group, common to all scanners:
o NR_Scan_BTSID_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_*
o NR_Scan_PBCH_RSRP_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_*
o NR_Scan_PBCH_RSRQ_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_
o NR_Scan_PBCH_CINR_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_*
o NR_Scan_PCI_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_*
o NR_Scan_PS_SINR_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_*
o NR_Scan_PSCH_CINR_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_*
o NR_Scan_PSS_RSRP_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_*
o NR_Scan_PSS_RSRQ_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_*
o NR_Scan_PSS_RSSI_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_*
o NR_Scan_SCH_CINR_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_*
o NR_Scan_SS_RSRP_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_*
o NR_Scan_SS_RSRQ_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_*
o NR_Scan_SS_CINR_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_*
o NR_Scan_SS_SINR_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_*
o NR_Scan_SSB_RSRP_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_*
o NR_Scan_SSB_RSRQ_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_*
o NR_Scan_SSB_CINR_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_*
o NR_Scan_SSB_SINR_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_*
o NR_Scan_SSCH_CINR_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_*
o NR_Scan_SSS_RSRP_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_*
o NR_Scan_SSS_RSRQ_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_*
o NR_Scan_SubCarrierSpacing_SortedBy_RSRP_for_NRARFCN_*

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New collection device or technology support

Infovista TEMS support

• Support has been added for TEMS RR API 21.2.3 supporting TEMS Investigation
21.2.2, TEMS Pocket 21.2.2, TEMS Paragon 3.2.

• Added support for the following devices:

o OnePlus 7 Pro NR (GM1920 ODM+)
o Sony Xperia 1 (J9110 ODM+)
o Sony Xperia XZ2 (H8212 B ODM+)
o Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ 5G (SM-N9760 ODM+)
o Samsung Galaxy S10 (SM-G973U ODM+)
o Samsung Galaxy S9 (SM-G960F ODM+)
o Samsung Galaxy S8 (SM-G950F ODM+)
o Wistron NeWeb Hotspot device (WNC MWH-5)

• Initial support has been added for the Samsung Exynos 5G NR chipset, collected
with TEMS Investigation and TEMS Pocket (requiring 5G-NR platform license).
o Samsung Exynos log code has been decoded as the attribute
Samsung_Log_Code
o NR RRC and NAS protocol messages have been decoded into the Message
Browser, Protocol Stack Browser and NR_Uu_RRC attributes
o Support has been added for the following messages:
o NR PHY SSB SINR message, including MIMO attributes:
▪ NR_UE_BeamIdx
▪ NR_UE_BeamIdx_SortedBy_RSRP
▪ NR_UE_Beam_Rx*_SINR_SortedBy_RSRP
o NR Serving Cell Info, setting attributes:
▪ NR_UE_PCI
▪ NR_UE_Band
▪ NR_UE_NR_ARFCN_DL
▪ NR_UE_RSRP
▪ NR_UE_RSRQ
▪ NR_UE_RSSI
▪ NR_UE_SINR
▪ NR_UE_SubCarrierSpacing_DL
o NR Neighbor Cell Info, setting attributes:

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 ▪ NR_UE_Nbr_NR_ARFCN_DL
▪ NR_UE_Nbr_PCI
▪ NR_UE_Nbr_RSRP
▪ NR_UE_Nbr_RSRQ
▪ NR_UE_Nbr_RSSI
▪ NR_UE_Nbr_SINR
▪ NR_UE_Nbr_SubCarrierSpacing_DL
o NR PHY PRACH Status, into Message Browser only
o NR PHY DCI UL Grant Information 1, into Message Browser only
o NR PHY RACH Result, including attributes:
▪ NR_UE_RACH_Attempt
▪ NR_UE_RACH_AttemptCount
▪ NR_UE_RACH_AttemptResult
▪ NR_UE_RACH_Attempt_SSBID
▪ NR_UE_RACH_OK
▪ NR_UE_RACH_Procedure_Count
o NR PHY CSI Report, including attributes:
▪ NR_UE_RI_DL
▪ NR_UE_CSI_WB_DL
o NR PHY PDSCH Throughput, including attribute:
▪ NR_UE_PayloadRate_L1_DL
o NR PHY PDSCH SINR, into Message Browser only
o NR PHY SP PDSCH Statistic, into Message Browser only
o NR PHY PUSCH Status, including attributes:
▪ NR_UE_NumBytes_UL
▪ NR_UE_PayloadRate_L1_UL
▪ NR_UE_Power_Tx_PUSCH
▪ NR_UE_RB_Num_UL
o NR PHY PUCCH Status, including attributes:
▪ NR_UE_Power_Tx_PUCCH
o NR RLC DL Statistics, into Message Browser only
o NR RLC UL Statistics, into Message Browser only
o NR MAC Throughput, including attributes:
▪ NR_UE_Throughput_MAC_DL
▪ NR_UE_Throughput_MAC_UL
o NR RLC Throughput, including attributes:

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 ▪ NR_UE_Throughput_RLC_DL
▪ NR_UE_Throughput_RLC_UL
o NR PDCP Throughput, including attributes:
▪ NR_UE_Throughput_PDCP_DL
▪ NR_UE_Throughput_PDCP_UL
o NR PDCP DL Statistics, into Message Browser only

• Support for Facebook and Twitter application settings has been added, and OTT
operation duration times have been extracted:

o TEMS_Event_Facebook_Logon_Start
o TEMS_Event_Facebook_Logon_Attempt
o TEMS_Event_Facebook_Logon_End
o TEMS_Facebook_LogOn_Duration
o TEMS_Event_Facebook_Logoff_Start
o TEMS_Event_Facebook_Logoff_Attempt
o TEMS_Event_Facebook_Logoff_End
o TEMS_Facebook_LogOff_Duration
o TEMS_Event_Facebook_Operation_Start
o TEMS_Event_Facebook_Operation_Attempt
o TEMS_Event_Facebook_Operation_End
o TEMS_Facebook_Operation_Duration
o TEMS_Event_Twitter_Logon_Start
o TEMS_Event_Twitter_Logon_Attempt
o TEMS_Event_Twitter_Logon_End
o TEMS_Twitter_LogOn_Duration
o TEMS_Event_Twitter_Operation_Start
o TEMS_Event_Twitter_Operation_Attempt
o TEMS_Event_Twitter_Operation_End
o TEMS_Twitter_Operation_Duration

• For UEs with the Samsung Exynos chipset, the decoding of message UL1 UMTS RF
Info v2 has been improved, to invalidate all LTE attributes and extract the
following WCDMA attributes:

o Uu_ActiveSet_EcNo
o Uu_ActiveSet_RSCP
o Uu_ActiveSet_SC
o UTRA_UE_CarrierRssi

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 o UE_TxPow

• Resolved a problem which prevented certain UE and scanner files from being
detected as 5GNR.

• Resolved a problem in the detection of the AMR Codec name, where AMR WB FR is
used, setting attribute Speech_Codec_Type to “FR-AMR-WB” and decoding the
rate into attributes AMR_Codec_Name_DL and AMR_Codec_Usage_DL.

• Resolved a problem in GSM scanner measurements where

ScanSortSigLevel_by_SigLevel was reporting incorrect values of 0.

• Resolved a problem caused by the TEMS RR API, previously affecting the ability to
load a large number of files in a single session.

• Resolved a problem where scanner stream information elements were being

attached to GPS messages from the UE stream.

Qualcomm QXDM / chipset support

• Improvements have been made to the reporting of RLC throughput, where
cumulative reported values across multiple RBs, were leading to misleading
values. Only the last RB is now considered.

• Improvements have been made to report physical layer throughput (DL):

o Physical_Throughput_DL_5GNR
o Physical_DataVolume_DL_5GNR

• Improvements have been made to report MAC throughput per carrier, indexed by
Qualcomm carrier ID:
o NR_UE_Throughput_MAC_DL_for_Carrier

• Resolved a problem where LTE Carrier Aggregation attributes were being set
incorrectly.

• Added logic to support the variable log codes used in the X50 and X55 chipset
versions, allowing the beam measurements including NR_UE_SINR to be
decoded from the NR 5G ML1 Serving Cell Beam Management message by default,
or if not present, using the NR 5G ML1 Searcher Measurement Database Update
Ext message instead, provided valid SINR values are measured at those
messages.

• Support has been added for new versions of these messages in the Message
Browser:

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 o LTE RLC DL configuration v49 (0xB081)
o LTE LL1 SRS Tx report v161 (0xB140), setting the attribute:
o LTE_UE_Power_Tx_SRS
o NR 5G MAC PDSCH Status v1.16 (0xB887)
o NR 5G MAC PDSCH Status v2.4 (0xB887), setting the attributes:
o NR_UE_MAC_Numbytes_DL
o NR_UE_MCS_DL
o NR_UE_Modulationusage
o NR_UE_Nack_Rate
o NR_UE_NR_ARFCN
o NR_UE_NumBytes_DL
o NR_UE_Payloadrate_L1_DL
o NR_UE_PCI
o NR_UE_RB_Num_DL
o NR_UE_RE_Num_DL
o NR_UE_Subcarrierspacing_DL
o NR_UE_TB_Size_average_DL
o NR_UE_TB_Size_max_DL
o NR_UE_Throughput_MAC_DL
o NR_UE_Throughput_MAC_DL_for_Carrier
o NR 5G ML1 Serving Cell Beam Management v1.05 (0xB975) updated, to
prevent setting attribute NR_UE_SINR when it is not reported.
o NR 5G MAC BRS Report v2.00 (0xB88F)
o NR 5G ML1 Searcher Measurement Database Update Ext v2.01 (0xB97F),
including setting attribute NR_UE_SINR (when reported).

• Added new attributes to Qualcomm NR 5G log code messages, allowing fast

verification of new log codes being present in the UE measurement:

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 o QC_Log_Version
o QC_Log_Support (false, if version is not supported in Message Browser)

Rohde & Schwarz ROMES4 RSCMD support

• Support added for ROMES4 v19.2 collected in SQC container format. The presence
of the romesfileinfo.txt file inside the SQC container denotes that the file is
decoded as a ROMES4 measurement, instead of a QualiPoc / SmartBenchmarker
file.

• Added support for improvements introduced to ROMES4 when connected to the

TSME scanner, adding a breakdown of scanner signals for PSS, SSS, PBCH and
SSB measurements (RSRP, RSRQ and SINR), with beam measurements set from
the SSS fields.

• Improvements have been made to the mapping of frequency to NR-ARFCN

calculation from TSME scanners.

• Support has been added for MIB2 frame support for UEs:

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 • Support has been added for v19.2 new functionality in scanner measurements,
supporting SIGNAL MEASUREMENT RESULTS, POWER AND CINR RESULTS and
PPS TIME IN MS frames:

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Rohde & Schwarz QualiPoc/Smart Benchmarker MF support
• Support has been added for correct event detection where no B-side event is
detected, to reduce the number of incorrectly triggered SwissQualCallSetupFail
events. Previously the “B-Connect” marker was required to allow the UE state to
move to “in call”.

• Added support for improvements introduced to QualiPoc when connected to the

TSME scanner, adding a breakdown of scanner signals for PSS, SSS, PBCH and
SSB measurements (RSRP, RSRQ and SINR), with beam measurements set from
the SSS fields.

Solutelia WINd Pro support

• Support has been added for NR TopN Scan messages (v1) in the Message Browser
and full attribute extraction.

• Support has been added for NR TopN Scan messages (v2) in the Message Browser
only.

General
• For LTE scanners, the expected range of attributes for PSRP and SSRP is now
extended from -140 to -30 dBm, and the associated format group range has been
extended to include values up to -30dBm.

• The embedded NR information element requestedFreqBandsNR-MRDC is now

extracted into the Message Browser & Protocol Stack Browser from within the LTE
RRC DL-DCCH UECapabilityEnquiry message, and decoded as NR_RRC_MsgType
DL-DCCH FreqBandList

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Application Layer Improvements
• None

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Platform Improvements

User Defined Scanner Streams

• The title of the 5G NR-ARFCN column entered by the user has been updated to be
“NR”.

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Documentation Changes
• Copyright date has been incremented to 2020.

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Limitations, Known Issues and Obsolescence

End of Life announcements

• Advance notice is given that by the end of January 2020, support for the WiMAX
technology in Actix Analyzer shall be deprecated.

• Advance notice is given that by the end of March 2020, support for the Comarco
Seven.Five and Symphony Opti formats shall be deprecated.

• Advance notice is given that by end of June 2020, support for the FreeWill
AzenQos AZL (export) format shall be deprecated. Actix Analyzer shall still
continue to support the raw and processed AZM formats for more accurate
reporting.

End of Life of Windows 7 support

• Advance notice is given that from the end of December 2019, support for Actix
Analyzer running on Windows 7 will be reduced to “on-demand”, meaning that
Actix Analyzer shall not be proactively tested on Windows 7, and shall be
supported by Amdocs on a best-effort basis following Windows 7 being withdrawn
from Microsoft’s Windows Update program on 14th January 2020.

Following the end of June 2020, support for Actix Analyzer running on Windows 7
shall be deprecated, and support cases shall no longer be accepted if they relate
to issues arising from these OS versions.

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